Yevgeny Prigozhin
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Late Wagner chief Prigozhin's new video goes viral, speaks of threats to his life days before death
•'For those who are discussing whether I'm alive or not, how I'm doing - right now it's the weekend, second half of August 2023, I'm in Africa,' Prigozhin says in the short video published by the Grey Zone Telegram channel which is linked to his Wagner Group
In new twist, Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately
Fp Staff •The private Embraer jet on which Prigozhin was travelling to St Petersburg from Moscow crashed north of the Russian capital killing all 10 people on board on August 23, including two other top Wagner figures, his four bodyguards and a crew of three
Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules: Report
•Russia has informed Brazil's aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer jet that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules "at the moment", the Brazilian agency said on Tuesday
Russia’s mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin buried privately in St Petersburg
Fp Staff •Secrecy had surrounded the funeral arrangements for the Wagner mercenary boss who was killed in a plane crash on August 23, two months to the day since staging a mutiny in the biggest challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule since he rose to power in 1999
Russian investigators confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin's death
•Besides Prigozhin, his aide Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, was also allegedly killed in the plane crash on Wednesday
Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin: How 'Putin's chef' cooked his own goose
Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh •The establishment, which includes the military and the close supporters of President Putin, believed that Prigozhin went too far with his march to Moscow and his removal was a matter of time
Putin orders Wagner mercenaries to sign oath allegiance to Russia after Prighozin's death
Fp Staff •The official decree that has been published on the Kremlin website states that anyone who currently works on behalf of the Russian military or supports what Moscow calls its 'special military operation' in Ukraine must swear a formal oath of allegiance to Russia
Prigozhin was warned twice, but dismissed threats, claims Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko
Fp Staff •Lukashenko is the one who brokered a deal that allowed Wagner chiefs a safe passage to Belarus in lieu of calling off their mutiny
Kremlin denies giving orders to kill Wagner boss Yevgeny Prighozin
Fp Staff •Russian President Vladimir Putin's official spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the allegations that the Kremlin ordered Prighozin's death is 'a complete lie'
What caused the plane crash that killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin?
Fp Explainers •While some officials have blamed a bomb or some other form of sabotage for the crash, others say a surface-to-air missile likely took down the plane that killed Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. Experts say it is likely that Vladimir Putin ordered a hit on the Wagner Group chief